Hivemind question from CJ. He needs a children's book for his Sign Language III class but it can't be Dr. Suess. He didn't like anything I suggested, so I mentioned the hive and he said I should ask y'all. (Crossposted with Natter)

I'm partial to Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus and Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed.

We deposited many checks made out to Mr. and Mrs. Bob's Last Name with no problem even though I did not take his last name. We finally did get a joint account just to deal with wedding checks (a really great "problem"!) just in case there was weirdness with depositing but I don't think it really would have been an issue.

bonny, I think it's me not you - I've been wrestling with email access all day. I finally saw your email and replied to it.

Steph, I'm pretty sure that if you write your account number and For Deposit Only on the back of the check, you can deposit it with no problem, especially through an ATM.

Someone please remind me that I am allowed to WINDOW SHOP all the Theirry Mugler Angel products that are on eBay, but I cannot BUY any, what with looming unemployment and all.

(Sheesh, wander away from a brand for ... a decade or so, and they release a gazillion things that now sound interesting.)

Window shop all you like, no buying right now.

Oooh, I should go to Nordstrom and ask for samples!

You should!

Also, I need to see if bottles of the original formula Donna Karan's Chaos are actually worth anything, because I have a mostly full one that has been sitting in the depths of my shelves since the early 2000s.

Does perfume go bad?

If it's stored in a cool place out of direct light, no. There's a huge secondary market for vintage perfumes, especially if they've been discontinued or reformulated.